Richard Raffan turns an ash dish using a ¾" continental gouge 

You know, after reading all of his books and watching all of his videos, I'm beginning to think that @RichardRaffanwoodturning could turn a bowl with just a shoe horn. 😊

Funny how experts make things look easy .love the delicacy of your pieces

That is a very nice dish, I too like the rim shape. And always happy to see the Sock.

Very nice. That's one of my favorite rim shapes. Of course. I found the design in your "The Art of Turned Bowls" book. Ash is hard to find here in Ohio since the emerald ash borer beetle came from China around 20 years ago. I even lost a few young ash trees in my yard.

Thank you Richard for demonstrating the continental gouge again. Beautiful grain, and lovely edge, very encouraging.

Very, very pretty piece of wood

Really like the way this dish turned out. It is beautiful. Thank you for sharing.

Another interesting demonstration of the continental bowl gouge. Enjoy seeing how you put these tools to use.

Gorgeous wood Richard.

As always, you are a master to turning and teaching. Some years ago I did a demonstration for my turning club on the use of the skew. Most thought it was a difficult tool that was best used on its side as a scraper. In part I decreased the mystery of the skew by showing them how to make all the standard cuts but using my firewood hatchet as a skew. It was mostly showing off, not teaching the best technique. That is much like using a continental gouge for bowl work. Sure, you and I can safely do that, but best to let beginners use a full round shank tool where they have a risk of having a catch.

Beautiful dish...the grain is just amazing!

Again a great work, soon you will be famous with RU-vid 😊😊😊, hearly so as Tomislav and than write books 😊, regards from Luxembourg 🇱🇺 Europe from an 63 young beginner

That's a little beauty!

Stunning grain on that.

Excellent, thanks

You are creative, my friend

Nice plate! You made it look so easy like you made one or two before.

Thanks Richard

Mr. Raffan, I have a continental gouge the same size as yours but I’m not getting the best use of it. Maybe I just need more practice or maybe it’s not sharpened correctly. I’m glad to see you using yours though and I’ll watch carefully and close-up to try to learn more. By the way, near the end of the video when the sock came out we knew it had been well washed before going into service as a waxer. Best regards.

I always enjoy your videos and I try to study your technique. I'm considering getting a continental spindle gouge, which make do you recommend? I'm thinking of a Robert Sorby one.

Hi Richard, have you ever wet sanded your turned pieces? I've been wet sanding with a mixture of mineral oil and beeswax for a few years now an love the finish it gives and i don't seem to have problems with scratch marks from the sand paper like i used to. A big plus to wet sanding is there's no sanding dust so no need for a noisy extractor. Would like to hear you opinion on the subject. Thanks for all the informative and educational content you put on RU-vid for all to learn from.

A long time ago I saw a collection of identical wooden apples that you turned. Could you try two or three of them now?